A new book by Juliana Bidadanure highlights the need to distribute jobs, income and other essential resources in a way that treats people who are young and old as equals.
With the 500th episode of the popular radio show Philosophy Talk approaching, program co-founder John Perry and current host Joshua Landy reflect on how philosophy, and the humanities broadly, can help during these turbulent times.
A member of the prestigious Académie Française, Michel Serres taught at Stanford’s Department of French and Italian for nearly 30 years. He died June 1 at 88.
In the course CS 181: Computers, Ethics and Public Policy, Stanford students become computer programmers, policymakers and philosophers to examine the ethical and social impacts of technological innovation.
Stanford philosopher Juliana Bidadanure is leading an initiative focused on fostering discussions about universal basic income and analyzing previous and ongoing unconditional cash experiments across the world.
Stanford undergraduate Lena Zlock is developing a first-ever digital humanities study of Voltaire’s personal library, which contains over 6,700 books. She aims to make the library’s contents easily accessible and searchable online.
In a recent book, Stanford scholar Blakey Vermeule says it’s important to take time to contemplate and self-reflect in order to have a fulfilling life in today’s busy world.
People’s ability to make rational plans is essential to their sense of personal freedom and autonomy, according to new research from philosophy Professor Michael Bratman.
Equality, evil, progress and tradition were some of the big concepts Stanford faculty, including philosophy Professor Debra Satz, examined in Dangerous Ideas, a new humanities course.
Stanford doctoral candidate Blake Francis hopes to create a framework that governments could use to evaluate their climate change policies and consider when it’s morally justified for them to emit greenhouse gases.
A memorial service will be held Oct. 8 for Professor Emeritus Solomon Feferman, one of the leading mathematical logicians of the 20th century. He died July 26 at his Stanford home at the age of 87.
Stanford President John Hennessy said that planning for what Stanford University would be like for students and scholars 50 to 100 years in the future was fundamental to his leadership.
In an event sponsored by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, faculty from Stanford’s business school, law school, and philosophy department say such courses equip students with the tools to engage with ethical problems.
